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<b>Standard actions which happen out of world</b><br><font color="#800000">Quitting the game</font>&nbsp;<a href=65_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Saving the game</font>&nbsp;<a href=66_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Restoring the game</font>&nbsp;<a href=67_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Restarting the game</font>&nbsp;<a href=68_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Verifying the story file</font>&nbsp;<a href=69_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Switching the story transcript on</font>&nbsp;<a href=70_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Switching the story transcript off</font>&nbsp;<a href=71_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Requesting the story file version</font>&nbsp;<a href=72_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Requesting the score</font>&nbsp;<a href=73_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000"><b>Preferring abbreviated room descriptions</b></font>&nbsp;<a href=74_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Preferring unabbreviated room descriptions</font>&nbsp;<a href=75_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Preferring sometimes abbreviated room descriptions</font>&nbsp;<a href=76_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Switching score notification on</font>&nbsp;<a href=77_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Switching score notification off</font>&nbsp;<a href=78_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <font color="#800000">Requesting the pronoun meanings</font>&nbsp;<a href=79_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a><p><hr><p><b><font color="#800000">Preferring abbreviated room descriptions </font></b><a name=LMode3></a> (<i>past tense</i> preferred abbreviated room descriptions)<br>
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